Re: BF4 how do i invite a friend to a multiplayer lobby

Everyone... Relax they will try to fix it all. As soon as possible ,and you are all complaining it wasn't worth it besides all that it is. Also you people who say I should get Call of Duty get it stop complaining...

BF4 how do i invite a friend to a multiplayer lobby

There is no way to group up with friends, pre-game, and join a public server!!!! EA/Dice is making it to where you must, not only purchase the game, but also pay a daily,weekly, or monthly fee for renting their servers to have the ability to play with friends. I have just had a conversation with an EA rep which only angered me more. To all that have purchased this game, I recommend returning and never purchasing another game from these companies again as so plainly put to me is " Over promise and under deliver". This is not something I agree with nor do I behave in this manner as a proper business strategy. Do whatever you choose but if you find that later on that this is the reality in order to play with your friends do not say I did not voice my opinion. Below is the transcript between me and a EA Employee.

11/2/13 Games Main Chat Window

You are now ready to chat w ith Amarjeet.AmarjeetThanks for contacting EA Customer Experience, my name is Amarjeet. How may I assist you today?

youare you familiar with Battlefield 4?

AmarjeetYes,Why not .

AmarjeetHow may I help you ***** ?

youPlease advise on how to invite friends and join a game together

AmarjeetWould you mind holding on for a second while I check the query for you ?

youyes

AmarjeetAre you having any friend in list ?

youyes I have a friends list

AmarjeetOkay,So you are having the friends in list ,what is the problem you are facing now ?

youfrom the information I gathered, is that the invite friends or " create a group" has been removed due to serverissues.

AmarjeetYes,the only rights now having is admin who had created the server.

youthere is no way to create a group and join together....you cannot just join a server by yourself and then invitefriends due to the slots filling up fast and number of players....are you guys going to resolve or should I return thisgame and get my money back

youthere is no way to rent a server so what your telling me is that you cannot invite friends without renting server,

which you cannot currently do?

AmarjeetThe ,only way is to rent a server,Yes you can invite through rented server.

youcan you rent server?

AmarjeetYes you can rent a server.

youand why cannot you create group without renting server and join a public match together

youhow do i rent a server then

AmarjeetOkay If you want to rent a server ,let me tell you .

youlistening

AmarjeetOkay,Thank you .

AmarjeetWould you mind waiting for some time while I fetch the information ?

youi apologize but this is unacceptable....forcing people to paying daily,weekly, or monthly just so they can play withtheir friends is ridiculous.....I will be returning this game and never purchasing another EA game again as well asinforming others the same since this is a major problem.

you"a later date" which could mean anything

AmarjeetI am very sorry,If you want to play then there is no way that you can be admin.

youif this game was based on "teamplay" why cant you create a group and join together as a team on a publicserver?

AmarjeetThis is not the EA concept of renting server,Ea is only producer of games and I would like to tell you Shawn thatThe Ea servers are free.

youim not wanting to be admin...that caters to players who abuse the ablility of renting a server

youall the same to me....EA and DICEAmarjeet***** can you imagine there are lakh of people who want to own a server and be admin.

youthis conversation is completed continue your work. Thanks!

AmarjeetI hope you can understand that ,if there is free server which can be controlled , there is huge amount of data totransfer.

AmarjeetYou are welcome ,I am very sorry that there is no way ,the only way is that you all friends can rent a serverstogether.

youI understand Networking/Servers/Data Transfer and anything IT related as this is what I do for a living...no excuse onnot having the ablility to create a group with friends before joining a game and then joining a server together

AmarjeetThis is the way of business ,And Ea is providing free servers to play who ever want to play.

AmarjeetI appreciate your concern,As you said you are in IT, then you can think of how business goes.

youbusiness as usual....over promise and under deliver?

AmarjeetAnd Why any body will rent there server for free.

youyes but my philosophy is not over promise over deliver, but under promise and over deliver

Re: BF4 how do i invite a friend to a multiplayer lobby

This whole no free commander slots **bleep** keeps popping up every time I try joining my friend and it is really pissing me off. Please fix this problem and make it to where we can have a multiplayer lobby and invite our friends like in bf3. This new **bleep** is stupid. I always loved battlefield but now they **bleep**ed up and to be honest to me it feels like they are trying to be like gay as call of duty

Re: BF4 how do i invite a friend to a multiplayer lobby

Have 5 friend swith bf4. We want to create a group in bf4(like bf3) to join a game together, chat with strategize and who will be which role durring the match. But it seems you can only invite during a match. So how is it all 5 people and i know im not the only one to join a match with rapidly filling slots. the answer is not hapening, only half of you will get in. just got the game and I have to say how is it that this feature is not available.

Re: BF4 how do i invite a friend to a multiplayer lobby

Invite friend u wanna join to chat, tell them to press start and look at the browser room number. It is 3-4 digits, it is after the map name

Go to multiplayer, then to server browser. Go all the way to the right last option and search the room #. It will be the first room. You will be able to join if there is room or join as a commander or wait until a slot opens up.

And people, stop complaining about the game it is very well put together. A lot of work into it and well worth the money. Ghosts is garbarge compared to this. best first shooter for sure. Can't wait for the updates.